By Chris Brown
The world says that to be influential, you have to be powerful. You have to be loud, and probably wealthy. You should also wear nice clothes, drive a shiny new car, and have lots and lots of stuff. Influence is reserved for an elite few.
But God says something ...
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Pastors
5 Responses to Critiques –
By Brian Dodridge
I like to read leadership books. What I don’t like is reading about myself in a book and it not being a compliment.
I guess I had delusions of grandeur that if I were to be mentioned in a top shelf leadership book, it would be for some sort of example where ...
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Why Churches and Church Leaders Need Curiosity –
By Barnabas Piper
Humans are unique. God did not make anything else in His image. No other mammal is an image bearer. Even the angels are not even made in God’s image.
Author Joe Rigney explains the most significant implication this way: “Being made in God’s image is a ...
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3 Bad Excuses for Avoiding Leadership Development –
By Eric Geiger
Great leaders intuitively know they are responsible for future leadership, and all leaders have heard these catch phrases: “There is no success without succession” and “Work yourself out of a job and you will always have a job.” Yet few leaders plan and prioritize ...
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8 Things Pastors of Growing Churches Constantly Face –
By Brian Dodd
One of the most heartbreaking things I experience is watching pastors of growing churches become crushed by the weight of their growth. I have seen far too many pastors flash through the sky like a brightly-lit comet only to evaporate just as quickly. Pastors of ...
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When “Abba” Became “My God” –
By Michael Kelley
Yahweh.
We say it now with some casualness. It’s another name for God, albeit in another language. It’s become a helpful tool for sounding smart or spiritual – like a more official title for deity or something like that.
Not so to the Hebrews.
This was a ...
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